Berlin, July 14.
Although stressing that German armoured forces had broken, through the Stalin Line, the High Command. today. failed to equal the enthusiastic claims of Nazi quarters that Nazi mechanized units had driven 60 miles beyond the "last Soviet fortifeatl in the European area" at almost al points, Greatly outstripping official High Command claims, military and news-auer reports implied now that the Germans had broken through the Stalin Line there was nothing but disorganized masses of men between them and the three key cities of Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, towards which {he Germans were driving, The newspapers asserted that Nazi amoured divisions hed driven far into the Russian lines towards the three key cities and that German planes were bombing highways and Talroads tong the line of retreat, and algo great masses of reinforcements which had arrived to late, "According to Plan"
The High Command simply said that the "break through operations on {he Bastern front are proceeding: ace cording to pi The High Command's communique also revealed thay "Finfish armed {forees, under the supreme. command Field Marshal Baron Gustav von Sfannerheim, have taken the offend siyecon both sides of Lalo Ladoga.
"German destroys cane two outposts vessels of the © Navy."
Crack German, armoured forces esterday swept to points 100 kilo. metres Beyond the Stalin Line after ericking. the Soviet fortitcations-inflepth "system and German military that the Nazi Sreae-through nad. clinched a Gor-man vieiory Inthe east.
German Panzer divisions and shock troops now threaten Leningrad. a=. 0 result "of their feat blasting Throuch "the 'Russian' fortined line tory in the east to those gained in the west and the Balkans.
German infantrymen, the tank corps, sappers and members of the Luftwaffe were lauded in ston that gan for columns for accom-" lishing in three weeks what the imperial German Army failed fo accomplish during the World War.
The German announcement of vie~ tory was underlined here as a superquate answer to those persons in the western countries who, up fo a few days ago, had believed that the German advance had been halted.
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